Larisa Gennadyevna Lukyanenko ( Russian: Лариса Геннадьевна Лукьяненко; born 7 August 1973) is a former

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ian individual

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, fle ...

Career

Loukianenko took up rhythmic gymnastics in 1980 at age 7. She was coached by Galina Krylenko at Club Dynamo in

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. She emerged as a top class competitor at the 1992 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in

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. A broken ankle prevented her from competing in the 1993 World Championships and it took her nearly a year to recover. She made a comeback at the 1994 European Championships. She swept the 1993 Grand Prix Final winning the All-around and the event finals in hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon. Loukianenko's best apparatus was rope; she became a three-time times World Champion on this apparatus. She participated at the 1996

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, and ranked 5th in the AA semi-finals and 7th in the AA finals. She retired at age 23 in 1996. Loukianenko is currently a coach and judge for the Belarusian Gymnastics Federation. She and her former teammate,

Tatiana Ogrizko Tatiana Ogryzko (born 28 May 1976 in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian former individual rhythmic gymnast. Biography In 1992, Ogrizko was involved in a car accident which left her in a coma for six months. She had to learn to walk again. One ye ...

, used to coach Melitina Staniouta.

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* *http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/o1996rh.html *http://larissarsg.tripod.com/ 1973 births Living people Belarusian rhythmic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Belarus Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships {{Belarus-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub